I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt like de Kooning, who was asked to comment on a certain abstract painting, and answered in the negative. He was then told it was the work of a celebrated monkey. 'That's different. For a monkey, it's terrific.' - "London Magazine", March, 1967.
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Of all the arts in which the wise excel, nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.
Of all the arts in which the wise excel, nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.
The artist should be a seeing-eye dog for a myopic civilization.
The artist should be a seeing-eye dog for a myopic civilization.
Art is Man's nature. Nature is God's art.
Art is Man's nature. Nature is God's art.
Art is either plagiarism or revolution.
Art is either plagiarism or revolution.
I invent nothing, I rediscover.
I invent nothing, I rediscover.
With an apple I will astonish Paris.
With an apple I will astonish Paris.
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.
All autobiography is self-indulgent.
All autobiography is self-indulgent.
